Ryan Rhodes


Ryan Rhodes is a British former professional boxer who competed from 1995 to 2012. He held the British super welterweight title twice, from 1996 to 1997 and in 2008, and the EBU European super welterweight title from 2009 to 2010. Additionally he challenged for the WBO middleweight title in 1997, and the WBC super welterweight title in 2011.

Professional career

Rhodes took up boxing at a young age, training at Brendan Ingle's gym in the Wincobank district of Sheffield. At the age of 20, he defeated another Sheffield boxer Paul "Silky" Jones with a technical knock out in the eighth round to become the youngest post-war holder of the British title. He went on to win the belt outright in a record time of 90 days with wins over Peter Waudby and Del Bryan.
On 13 December 1997, Rhodes stepped up a weight division to middleweight to challenge the Canadian Otis Grant for the vacant WBO title but was defeated by a unanimous decision.
On 18 April 2008, Rhodes knocked out Gary Woolcombe 37 seconds into the 9th round to regain the British light middleweight title, 11 years after he first won it. He defended his title for the first time as the main event on the Hayemaker Promotions boxing show in Sheffield. His opponent was Jamie Coyle, whom he defeated by a unanimous decision.
Since then he has defeated Vincent Vuma of South Africa to win the WBC International light middleweight title and in doing so obtained a ranking in the top ten in the world.
Rhodes was due to defend his British light middleweight title against the Londoner Anthony Small at the Echo Arena in Liverpool on 28 March 2008, but withdrew because of an illness during his training camp.
He defeated Jamie Moore in the seventh round of their European title fight on 23 October 2009. He defended the title again on 21 May 2010 at home against the Italian Luca Messi, with a technical knock out in the sixth round.
Rhodes lost his WBC light middleweight challenge bout against Canelo Álvarez with a technical knockout in the twelfth round on 18 June 2011 in Guadalajara, Mexico.
Rhodes announced his retirement from professional boxing on 4 September 2012.

Professional boxing record

No.ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes
52Loss46–6Sergey RabchenkoTKO7, 2:5416 Jun 2012Manchester Velodrome, Manchester, EnglandFor vacant European light-middleweight title
51Win46–5Sergey KhomitskyPTS826 Nov 2011Magna Science Adventure Centre, Rotherham, England
50Loss45–5Canelo ÁlvarezTKO12, 0:4818 Jun 2011Arena VFG, Guadalajara, MexicoFor WBC light-middleweight title
49Win45–4Rocky JuniorTKO2, 2:284 Dec 2010The Palace Hotel, Manchester, England
48Win44–4Luca MessiTKO6, 1:0921 May 2010Ponds Forge, Sheffield, EnglandRetained European light-middleweight title
47Win43–4Jamie MooreTKO7, 2:3523 Oct 2009Bolton Arena, Bolton, EnglandWon European light-middleweight title
46Win42–4Janos PetrovicsTKO7, 1:0725 Apr 2009Ulster Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland
45Win41–4Vincent VumaUD1215 Nov 2008The O2 Arena, London, EnglandWon WBC International light-middleweight title
44Win40–4Jamie CoyleUD1220 Sep 2008Hillsborough Leisure Centre, Sheffield, EnglandRetained British light-middleweight title
43Win39–4Gary WoolcombeKO9, 0:3718 Apr 2008York Hall, London, EnglandWon British light-middleweight title
42Win38–4Manoocha SalariTKO4, 0:405 Dec 2007Don Valley Stadium, Sheffield, England
41Win37–4Olufemi MosesTKO2, 1:2213 Oct 2007Metrodome, Barnsley, Wales
40Win36–4Paul BuchananTKO1, 1:293 Jun 2007Metrodome, Barnsley, Wales
39Loss35–4Gary LockettUD128 Jul 2006Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, WalesFor WBU middleweight title
38Win35–3Jevgenijs AndrejevsPTS81 Jun 2006Metrodome, Barnsley, England
37Win34–3Hussain Osman4, 3:0025 Oct 2005Guild Hall, Preston, England
36Win33–3Alan GilbertTKO2, 1:5816 Jul 2005Bolton Arena, Bolton, England
35Win32–3Craig LynchTKO3, 0:553 Jun 2005MEN Arena, Manchester, England
34Win31–3Peter JacksonPTS622 Apr 2005Metrodome, Barnsley, England
33Win30–3Tomas Da SilvaTKO4, 2:4616 Apr 2004Penningtons Nightclub, Bradford, England
32Win29–3Scott DixonPTS812 Mar 2004Nottingham Arena, Nottingham, England
31Win28–3Peter JacksonPTS611 Dec 2003York Hall, London, England
30Win27–3Alan GilbertTKO5, 0:4325 Jul 2003Sports Village, Norwich, England
29Win26–3Paul WesleyKO3, 2:0016 Apr 2003Nottingham Arena, Nottingham, England
28Loss25–3Lee BlundellTKO3, 2:5316 Mar 2002York Hall, London, EnglandFor vacant WBF Intercontinental middleweight title
27Win25–2Jason CollinsPTS427 Oct 2001MEN Arena, Manchester, England
26Win24–2Yuri TsarenkaPTS621 Jul 2001Ponds Forge, Sheffield, England
25Win23–2Howard ClarkePTS616 Dec 2000Sheffield Arena, Sheffield, England
24Win22–2Michael AlexanderPTS621 Oct 2000Wembley Conference Centre, London, England
23Win21–2Ojay AbrahamsPTS616 May 2000Spectrum Arena, Warrington, England
22Win20–2Eddie HaleyTKO5 15 Jan 2000The Dome Leisure Centre, Doncaster, England
21Loss19–2Jason MatthewsKO2, 0:2817 Jul 1999The Dome Leisure Centre, Doncaster, EnglandFor vacant WBO interim middleweight title
20Win19–1Peter MasonTKO1, 3:0027 Mar 1999Storm Arena, Derby, England
19Win18–1Fidel AvendanoTKO1, 2:1628 Nov 1998Hillsborough Leisure Centre, Sheffield, EnglandWon vacant WBO Inter-Continental middleweight title
18Win17–1Lorant SzaboTKO8, 2:5118 Jul 1998Sheffield Arena, Sheffield, EnglandWon vacant WBO Inter-Continental light-middleweight title
17Loss16–1Otis Grant1213 Dec 1997Ponds Forge, Sheffield, EnglandFor vacant WBO middleweight title
16Win16–0Yuri EpifantsevTKO2, 2:5311 Oct 1997Sheffield Arena, Sheffield, England
15Win15–0Ed GriffinTKO2, 2:042 Aug 1997Metrodome, Barnsley, EnglandWon vacant IBF Inter-Continental light-middleweight title
14Win14–0Lindon ScarlettTKO1, 2:5412 Apr 1997Hillsborough Leisure Centre, Sheffield, England
13Win13–0Del BryanKO7, 1:5414 Mar 1997Rivermead Leisure Centre, Reading, EnglandRetained British light-middleweight title
12Win12–0Peter WaudbyKO1, 1:5825 Feb 1997Hillsborough Leisure Centre, Sheffield, EnglandRetained British light-middleweight title
11Win11–0Paul JonesTKO8 14 Dec 1996Ponds Forge, Sheffield, EnglandWon vacant British light-middleweight title
10Win10–0Del BryanPTS614 Sep 1996Concord Sports Centre, Sheffield, England
9Win9–0Roy ChipperfieldTKO1 25 Jun 1996Leisure Centre, Mansfield, England
8Win8–0Martin JolleyTKO2 11 May 1996York Hall, London, England
7Win7–0Martin JolleyKO3, 0:4026 Jan 1996Hilton Metropole, Brighton, England
6Win6–0John DuckworthTKO2, 2:4120 Jan 1996Leisure Centre, Mansfield, England
5Win5–0Mark Lee DawsonPTS610 Nov 1995Moorways Leisure Centre, Derby, England
4Win4–0John RiceTKO2 15 Sep 1995Leisure Centre, Mansfield, England
3Win3–0Chris Richards66 May 1995Royal Bath and West Show, Shepton Mallet, England
2Win2–0Seamus Casey1, 1:524 Mar 1995Forum, Livingston, Scotland
1Win1–0Lee Crocker2 4 Feb 1995National Ice Rink, Cardiff, WalesProfessional debut